The AASM Hammer 250 XLR and 1000 XLR will be equipped with a miniature turbojet engine (TJE) instead of a solid-fuel booster in the tail section, which is being developed by Safran Power Units (formerly Microturbo). The use of a TJE will increase the range of the aerial bomb more than twice. As a Safran representative explained to EDR On-Line, when dropped from high altitude, the range of the AASM Hammer 250 XLR and 1000 XLR will be at least 140 km.
Die DGA, die Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace und CNES haben am 23. Juni erstmals Stratosphärenballons in einer Höhe von über 20 km mit einer MICA NG von Rafale und Mirage 2000 aus abgeschossen:
